Most blogs take the final days of the year as an opportunity to recycle their favorite articles of the year. We’ve opeted for another kind of retrospective, and it’s not really about us, but about people who have impressed us this year, more specifically the strong and beautiful women that we have been lucky to cross paths with. Enjoy our parade of the Coolest Bitches of 2012 and why we love them, after the jump.

In alphabetical order:

Cool bitch, who?

Ailine Liefeld

What she do?

Photographer, blogger

Why she so cool?

This year she launched her super cool food & travel blog Aicuisine. A true gem!

photo: i heart alice

Cool bitch, who?

Alice M. Huynh

What she do?

Blogger, designer.

Why she so cool?

She startet her blog i heart alice a few years ago and began to study fashion design in 2011. This year she showed the first results from her design work and they are amazing!

photo: Lachsbrötchen

Cool bitch, who?

Anna Wegelin

What she do?

Blogger, designer, photographer

Why she so cool?

This year she proved herself immensly as a talented photographer which you can see on her blog lachsbroetchen.

photo: Felix Krüger

Cool bitch, who?

Bonnie Strange

What she do?

Model, it-girl, designer, shop owner

Why she so cool?

I got to know her as a photographer a few years ago. This year she re-invented her career by starting her own label The Shit and opening the The Shit Shop. Her 90′s Shit Rave fashion show and party in July was a blast!

She has been a super cool designer (and hot bitch) for many many years. But this year she revealed that, as one of the first avant-garde designers, she is transitioning her label into the world of organic fabrics, fair trade and certified productions. She says it’s quite a long way, but you’ll have to start at some point if you want to be involved in making a better future. Go girl!

photo: iHeartBerlin

Cool bitch, who?

Jackee Word

What she do?

Muse, it-girl, DJane, writer, performer

Why she so cool?

Jackee, being one hot trans-sensational super-twink-tranny-femme-fatale, has impressed us with her jaw-dropping looks for quite some time. This year he started his own party series Riot with his performance group Wet Nails, as well as performing regularily at other queer nights.

photo: Journelles

Cool bitch, who?

Jessica Weiß

What she do?

Blogger

Why she so cool?

After her departure from LesMads, an intermezzo at Interview she celebrated the blogger comback of the year with her new website Journelles and one kick-ass launch party.

photo: iHeartBerlin

Cool bitch, who?

Katja Hentschel

What she do?

Photographer, blogger

Why she so cool?

I think this year the blonde bombshell travel blogger and photographer has come very close to her goal of having travelled to all countries in the world as she was on the road for more than half of the year. In the meantime she published 2 books.

photo: Florian Kolmer

Cool bitch, who?

Millicent Nobis

What she do?

Blogger, model, jewellery designer

Why she so cool?

She has come out with an amazing jewellery collection this year that I absolutely love! Oh, and she had a poster campaign of her naked ass all over the city.

photo: iHeartBerlin

Cool bitch, who?

Nadja Sayej

What she do?

Web TV host, journalist, creative connector

Why she so cool?

She is one hell of a power house with some sass that will kick your ass and a pair of tits that will fly you to the moon. She hosted so many creative events this year, can’t even begin to list them all. Visit Artstarstv* to follow up on her doings.

photo: Negative ISO

Cool bitch, who?

Nancy Chang

What she do?

Illustrator, blogger

Why she so cool?

One of the coolest outfit bloggers in Berlin (thanks to her amazing illustrations). She also publishes illustrations book, a new one is coming up. Stay tuned to her blog for more.

photo: Gesa Simons

Cool bitch, who?

Oh Sophia

What she do?

DJane, blogger, writer, hostess

Why she so cool?

As if DJing, blogging and being a journalist wouldn’t be enough, Sophia started her own supper club this year called Daily Happa! Stay tuned to our event guide to see the next dates for this.